I wouldn't trust that guy. He's unreliable. Irresponsible. Throw in undependable.

But whether one's pic is life size -- or any particular size -- for any particular viewer is awfully dependent on stuff out of the photographer's control. It'll be up to the judges to decide -- high stakes as this is, right?

BTW, the sunburst on the beer bottle is about 9 inches tall on my monitor viewed at a 1:1 pixel ratio. That's ~0.5 cubits if you use the metric system. Obviously I don't have one of those super-high-res displays -- I paid for those pixels, I want to see 'em!